The Events system gives you several options for displaying data. The options are available to you when you create a new menu item using the Link – Url type. This option is found in the far lower right-hand corner of the New Menu Item screen (Menu > mainmenu + click New).

After choosing the Link – Url option and clicking Next, give the new menu item a title. In the url field, paste the appropriate string (“index…”) from the list below. Where appropriate, replace “id=13” from the sample with the id of the category you want to display.

Getting the category id is the trickiest step of this process:

1. Go to Components > Events > Manage Categories
2. Click on the Category title you are interested in
3. In the Category detail window that opens, examine the browser url
4. Find the string ”...&id=...” toward the end of the url
5. Make note of the number after “&id=” – this is the id number that should be used in the place of the sample 13 below.

Display Options

Upcoming Events
index.php?option=com_events&task=details

Upcoming Events by Category
index.php?option=com_events&task=details&type=category&id=13

Past Events
index.php?option=com_events&task=details&when=past

RSS
index.php?option=com_events&task=rssList

RSS by Category
index.php?option=com_events&type=category&task=rssList

RSS by Location
index.php?option=com_events&type=location&task=rssList

Location List
index.php?option=com_events&type=location&task=showList

Host an Event
index.php?option=com_events&task=addEvent

Today View by a Category
index.php?option=com_events&type=category&task=details&id=13&when=Today

Tomorrow View by a Category
index.php?option=com_events&type=category&task=details&id=13&when=Tomorrow

This Week View by a Category
index.php?option=com_events&type=category&task=details&id=13&when=This%20Week

This Month View by a Category
index.php?option=com_events&type=category&task=details&id=13&when=This%20Month

Basic Search
index.php?option=com_events&task=search

Advanced Search
index.php?option=com_events&task=advanceSearch

Monthly Calendar View
index.php?option=com_events&task=calendar